Summer on the Grill

Chanel Publishers Ltd, Whangaparaoa, 2003. Fade to dustjacket spine, good secondhand condition.

A leisurely lunch on the deck, a picnic on the beach, or evening cocktails around the pool - these are our summer activities and on many occasions they are based on barbecue. Think of the memorable times involving,family, friends, good food, wine and conversation and the common thread will often be long hot days of food cooked over a grill.

This book captures those times around barbecue with recipes from the simple to the sophisticated, easily made while enjoying the company of others.

Start the day with breakfast on the grill: try the decadent Galliano French toast with fried banana and cinnamon whip. Follow it with a lunch of barbecued Green-lipped mussels with fennel, garlic and croutons in basil pesto and end with a dinner of Italian-style barbecued stuffed leg of lamb.